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Bigfork, Minnesota

City in Itasca County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Bigfork

Index 61, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, North Central Minnesota (MN), 26 miles off.

61Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)61Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 57, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bigfork

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bigfork, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Bigfork, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bigfork, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Effie RAWSEFFM5

A remote fire weather station/2.3 mi away/1,345 ft/28 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank577of 1,965

BigforkFOZ

At an airfield/2.6 mi away/1,348 ft/31 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank799of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Bigfork 0.4 SMN-IT-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,320 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Grand Rapids 12NGRBM5

At a cooperative observer's station/24.8 mi away/1,345 ft/28 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Bigfork, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.6 mi from Bigfork, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 600 ft, broken at 1,100 ft, overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Bigfork, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOZFIG. A THE SKY OVER BIGFORKSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLEBigfork, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FOZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.5 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Bigfork: temperature 45.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOZFIG. B THE AIR AT BIGFORKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.5 F, 45.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBigfork, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FOZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bigfork, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOZFIG. C THE WIND AT BIGFORKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBigfork, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FOZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Bigfork, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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